Globalization
A Basic Text
1st Edition
Published on 7. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-1-4051-3271-8 (ISBN)
Description
The first full-scale textbook of its kind, Globalization provides a balanced introduction to the major topics in globalization studies.
* Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the world
* Integrated use of a wide array of materials - empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, popular books, etc
* Makes extensive use of maps throughout to illustrate key points about globalization
* Includes a glossary of key terms
* Designed to work either on its own or as a package with an accompanying cross-referenced reader constructed around the basic concepts of globalization
Visit www.wiley.com/go/globalization for additional student and instructor resources.
* Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the world
* Integrated use of a wide array of materials - empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, popular books, etc
* Makes extensive use of maps throughout to illustrate key points about globalization
* Includes a glossary of key terms
* Designed to work either on its own or as a package with an accompanying cross-referenced reader constructed around the basic concepts of globalization
Visit www.wiley.com/go/globalization for additional student and instructor resources.
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Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Thickness: 3.2 cm
Weight
1156 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-3271-8 (9781405132718)
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George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and his awards include the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. He has authored numerous books, including several student textbooks, and is editor of The Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007 and continuing online), and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (forthcoming). His books, the best known of which is The McDonaldization of Society (1993; 2008), have been translated into over 20 languages.
Content
List of Figures.
Preface.
1. Globalization I: Liquids, Flows, and Structures.
2. Globalization II: Some Basic Issues, Debates, and Controversies.
3. Globalization and Related Processes I: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization.
4. Globalization and Related Processes II: Americanization and Anti-Americanism.
5. Neo-Liberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives.
6. Global Political Structures and Processes.
7. Structuring the Global Economy.
8. Global Economic Flows: Production and Consumption.
9. Global Culture and Cultural Flows.
10. High-Tech Global Flows and Structures: Technology, Media, and the Internet.
11. Global Flows of People: Vagabonds and Tourists.
12. Global Environmental Flows.
13. Negative Global Flows and Processes: Dangerous Imports, Diseases, Crime, Terrorism, War.
14. Global Inequalities I: Patterns of Inequality.
15. Global Inequalities II: Global Majority-Minority Relations.
16. Dealing with, Resisting, and the Futures of, Globalization.
Appendix: Disciplinary Approaches to Globalization.
Glossary.
Index.
Preface.
1. Globalization I: Liquids, Flows, and Structures.
2. Globalization II: Some Basic Issues, Debates, and Controversies.
3. Globalization and Related Processes I: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization.
4. Globalization and Related Processes II: Americanization and Anti-Americanism.
5. Neo-Liberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives.
6. Global Political Structures and Processes.
7. Structuring the Global Economy.
8. Global Economic Flows: Production and Consumption.
9. Global Culture and Cultural Flows.
10. High-Tech Global Flows and Structures: Technology, Media, and the Internet.
11. Global Flows of People: Vagabonds and Tourists.
12. Global Environmental Flows.
13. Negative Global Flows and Processes: Dangerous Imports, Diseases, Crime, Terrorism, War.
14. Global Inequalities I: Patterns of Inequality.
15. Global Inequalities II: Global Majority-Minority Relations.
16. Dealing with, Resisting, and the Futures of, Globalization.
Appendix: Disciplinary Approaches to Globalization.
Glossary.
Index.